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California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California SB 522

Housing: tenant protections.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary

Existing law governs the hiring of residential dwelling units. Existing law, the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, prohibits, until January 1, 2030, an owner of residential real property from terminating the tenancy of certain tenants without just cause, either at-fault or no-fault of the tenant. The act exempts certain types of residential real properties from that prohibition, including, among others, housing that has been issued a certificate of occupancy within the previous 15 years. This bill would exclude housing built to replace a previous housing unit that was subject to the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, was substantially damaged or destroyed by a disaster, as defined, and was issued a certificate of occupancy before that housing unit was substantially damaged or destroyed, from the above-described exemption from the just cause requirements. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1946.2 of the Civil Code proposed by AB 1529 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1529 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 8:07 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Jul 15, 2025
House		Do pass.passSet your home in California to see
Jul 9, 2025
House		Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]passSet your home in California to see
Jun 3, 2025
Senate		3rd Reading SB522 Wahab et al.passSet your home in California to see
Apr 8, 2025
Senate		Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]passSet your home in California to see

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